FINANCE MANAGER / GROUP MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
STEVENAGE (3 DAYS OFFICE / 2 DAYS HOME)
£60,000 to £65,000 / (Neg. Up to £70,000) + Benefits
**No.2 in Finance**
THE COMPANY:
Get Recruited is exclusively partnering with a high successfully business with revenues of around £20m+ across multiple international locations.
As Finance Manager (no.2 in Finance) / Group Management Accountant, you'll be responsible for the producing the Management Accounts including a group consolidated set, full balance sheet reconciliation, commentary, analysis, actionable insights and producing the board pack for the CEO.
Addition, you'll be responsible for supervising a small transactional team, Cashflow Management, Payment Approval, VAT Return Approval, Year End, Statutory Submissions and leading on external audit.
This is a newly created role and an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing organisation where you can enjoy a progressive career.
THE FINANCE MANAGER / GROUP MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTROLE:
- Reporting to the FD, you'll be joining the team as the Finance Manager and take responsibility for leading a team of around 5 people.
- You'll be managing the end-to-end Management Accounting process, including commentary, reporting for stakeholders, data analysis and identifying actionable insights.
- Producing a Group Consolidated Management Accountants and a full board pack for the CEO to present to the board
- Assisting with the annual budgets & forecasts and conducting quarterly reviews, including providing variance analysis and reporting for the board.
- Management of the month end process including journals and fully reconciled balance sheets
- Reviewing month end cycle, implementing improvements where necessary.
- Working closely with small international finance team who provide monthly financial reporting for Group accounts. Ad-hoc Travel to international offices (circa once per quarter) to improve reporting and to enhance relationships.
- Responsible for Cashflow Forecasting and Management, ensuring all ledgers are accurate and full reconciled.
- Overseeing the team that is responsible for the General Ledger, Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and monthly Payroll
- Reviewing monthly payroll data for accuracy, approving and sending to the payroll partner for payment.
- Overseeing and approving Supplier Payments and the submission of VAT Returns
- Leading and working closely with the external practice on Year End and External Audit
THE PERSON:
- Fully ACA, CIMA or ACCA Qualified, with experience in role such as Finance Manager, Management Accountant, Senior Management Accountant, Group Management Accountant role or similar.
- Multi-Currency EUR / USD / GBP experience would be a significant advantage.
- An excellent communicator with the confidence to communicate with Board / C Level professionals and other Non-Financial members of the SLT.
- Exceptional attention to detail is key, as well as, strong analytical skills
- An excellent communicator with strong financial acumen is essential as you'll be providing finance business partnering support to non-financial stakeholders
- Advanced MS Excel Skills with the ability to do VLookUps, SumIFs, Pivot Tables and more
- Experience of Xero would be highly desired.
- Prepared to travel internationally on an Ad-Hoc basis.
TO APPLY: Please send your CV for the Finance Manager / Group Management Accountant role via the advert for immediate consideration.
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